And so the Tories seem to have had a death wish right up to the end. Having spent five years immersed in internecine war, they then decided to put their abysmal record to the test months before either the Rwanda plan or the interest rate fall had a chance to materialise or be felt. Inevitably now all the discussion is about yet another leadership election and the direction in which the party should go but in truth it does not matter who leads them or whether they move left, right or centre unless and until they can rediscover some discipline and act as a united force. Ever since the toppling o…
